Miscreants looting cash worth Rs4 lakh at gunpoint in broad day light in the posh area under Ranipur Kotwali on Sunday has exposed the state of things in the district police ahead of the Ardh Kumbh which, slated to begin in January next, would draw millions from across the country. No arrest has been made so far in connection with the robbery.
Two bike-borne youths reached a shop adjacent to BSP office at Shivalik Nagar under Ranipur Kotwali around noon on Sunday. They enquired into the rate of TMT bars from the owner of the firm Surender Gupta. They ordered two quintal of bars. Around this time, one of the duo took the owner at gun point and the other looted the cash worth about Rs four lakhs from the cash counter and both fled. Police came into the picture after Gupta informed them. Yogender Singh, SO Ranipur Kotwali, said they are trying their best to crack the case at the earliest.
The robbery has left those residing in the area scared. Rajvir Singh of same locality said that district police, engaged in providing security to the political leaders, are leaving them to the mercy of the criminals.